Manual:Infantry Manual:Equipment:Weapons:Equipment:Weapons:Phasers

4.13.3 Phaser Weapons All infantry phaser systems are recharged from sarium krellide power magazines or “clips as they are some-times called. The SFMC requires that all phaser magazines accepted from a contractor must be meet the “five and five” rule: that is, they are capable of being recharged in less than five standard minutes, and capa-ble of holding a full charge for five standard years in storage. They must also be immune to damage from all but the worst mishandling, and leach their energy out if damaged rather than explode. 4.13.3.1Phaser Pistols / Hand Phasers R549 Pistol Classification Compact Pistol Type Energy Weapon Action Selectable Caliber Beam Weight 96 grams Length 9 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 30 meters Effective Range for Point Target 8 meters Effective Range for Area Target 20 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 20 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 10 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 7 gigajoules The R549 is the Marine Corps version of the venerable Type-1 Starfleet Phaser. In close combat and last ditch defense actions. The R549 is painted solid matte black and has anti-dampening feature. R831 Phaser Pistol Classification Submachine Gun Type Directed Energy Weapon Action Selectable Caliber Dual IN MANUAL 69 Weight 2.5 kilograms Length 70 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 2600 meters Effective Range for Point Target 100 meters Effective Range for Area Target 1200 meters Maximum Rate of Fire Beam 80 rounds/minute Pulse 600 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire Beam 45 rounds/minute Pulse 350 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 180 gigajoules The R831 verges on the upper limit of what any rightful soldier would consider a pistol. This weapon was an early attempt to give vehicle crews and other marines not directly involved in infantry combat roles a weapon for which to defend them-selves in emergencies. R970Ξ Phaser Pistol Classification Sidearm Pistol Type Energy Weapon Action Selectable Caliber Dual Weight 1.1 kilograms Length 21 centimeter Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 120 meters Effective Range for Point Targe 30 meters Effective Range for Area Target 50 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 100 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 45 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 104.8 gigajoules The R970 Phaser Pistol which was based on the Model 2287 Type-2 phaser even though its power levels and capabilities were obsolete. To keep foreign agents from using it; two safeties were built in. The R970 has been upgraded several times. The latest “Xi” model was comparable to the latest Type-2 phasers. 4.13.3.2 Phaser Rifles R506 Phaser Rifle Classification Carbine Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Pulse Weight 2.3 kilograms Length (stock extended) 90 centimeters (stock folded) 60 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 4600 meters Effective Range for Point Target 700 meters Effective Range for Area Target 1000 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 500 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 100 rounds/minute IN MANUAL 70 Standard Magazine Capacity 177 gigajoules After the overwhelming success of the R944 during the Dominion War, the SFMC chose to use it as the basis for replacing all of its squad level phaser weapons. The first variant to be produced was a carbine and desig-nated the R506. Since this version was only intended to be a compact version of the rifle, many of the internal components were to be identical, and what changes were made were out of consideration to its smaller size. The R506 eventually replaced the R910K as the standard issue phaser rifle of the SFMC. R599Λ Phaser Rifle Classification Marksman Rifle Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Beam Weight 3 kilograms Length 120 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 5000 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1200 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2100 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 60 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 40 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 354 gigajoules In the 2330s the Ordnance Bureau was tasked with designing a new rifle to replace the R848 “Garand”, which had been in use since the mid-23rd century. Using the latest Federation phaser technology, the designers preserved the basic shape of the R848 but added a forward pistol grip. The outer case was enlarged and a large stock & butt plate to add ergonomics while firing but also to fit the large power cell. There is a bulge around the emitter assembly to fit the large emitter crystals & their oversized stabilization matrix. R685 Phaser Rifle Classification Marksmanship Rifle Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Beam Weight 5 kilograms Length 130 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 5100 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1000 meters Effective Range for Area Target 1300 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 70 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 45 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 177 gigajoules The R685 started its life as a R944. SFMC Brass wanted a phaser rifle that could also be used as a sniper rifle in certain situations; thus the R685 was born. R685 is not a complete redesign, but has some subtle changes. A small Inertial Dampening Field (IDF) generator is in the stock of the weapon to increase the abil-ity of the weapon to remain stable while firing. IN MANUAL 71 R757 Phaser Rifle Classification Light Machine Gun Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Dual Weight 6.82 kilograms Length 104 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 2400 meters Effective Range for Point Target 800 meters Effective Range for Area Target 1300 meters Maximum Rate of Fire Beam 12 rounds/minute Pulse 1150 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire Beam 6 rounds/minute Pulse 700 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 2.8 terajoules The R757 is a powerful phaser rifle designed to support infantry squad operations. It looks like a R944 Phaser Rifle with a bulkier body to accommodate sturdier components & larger energy modules. What sets it apart is that the rifle also contains a pulse phaser emitter that was first used in the 2370 Type 3 Phaser Rifle. It was given the designation Squad Compressed Rectification Automatic Phaser Rifle or SCRAPR for short. The rifle comes standard with a folding stock, a collapsible bi-pod, R966 standard optical sight/carry handle, and a forward hand grip for firing on the move. The mass of the weapon makes maneuvering it quickly a chal-lenge, but a marine that has become accustomed to it has no great loss in mobility. R776 Heavy Phaser Classification Medium Machine Gun Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Selectable Weight 11.34 kilograms Length 123 centimeters Muzzle Velocity 1275 meters/second Maximum Range 7500 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1400 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2300 meters Maximum Rate of Fire Beam 10 rounds/minute Pulse 850 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire Beam 17 rounds/minute Pulse 660 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 4.4 terajoules The R776 was the first of a new generation of heavy phaser rifle that were portable enough to be integrated at the squad level. The design borrowed from the R944. Thisphaser is capable of projecting phaser bolts at high rate of fire, or a devastating phaser beam that can be used to punch a hole in vehicles, armor, or struc-tures. To switch modes, the weapon will need 5 seconds to build a charge in its capacitors when going from pulse to beam, and about 3 seconds to cool the emitter assembly when changing back. IN MANUAL 72 R805 Phaser Rifle Classification Shotgun Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Pulse Weight 5.9 kilograms Length 96 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 250 meters Effective Range for Point Target 10 meters Effective Range for Area Target 40 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 180 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 60 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 126 gigajoules The R805 Phaser Shotgun is a short-range field of effect weapon. It fires a phaser pulse that extends 60 degrees from center. This field of effect extends to a range determined by the effect set for on the weapon’s control panel. The higher power required for the main effect, the less power available for the carrier signal, hence the shorter range. Stun effects have the longest range; up to 250m. Disintegrate effects have a range of 25-40m. The R805 uses the grip, frame, & receiver from the R944 with a modified collimator/emitter unit. The weapon has no shoulder stock. It does have a standard weapon sight used only in low light situations. R816 Phaser Rifle Classification Personal Defense Weapon Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Pulse Weight 2.4 kilograms Length 60 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 2200 meters Effective Range for Point Target 260 meters Effective Range for Area Target 570 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 900 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 720 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 228 gigajoules The R816 is technically classed as a phaser rifle, but because of its size and performance, it is somewhere between a hand phaser and a carbine. The reason for this compromise is because the R816 was designed for vehicle crewmen to use after they have been forced to exit their vehicle by means of a traumatic event perpetrated by hostile forces. Under these conditions high rates of fire is more important than range or stopping power. R910K Phaser Rifle Classification Carbine Type Energy Weapon Action Variable Caliber Beam Weight 2.1 kilograms Length 70 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 4600 meters Effective Range for Point Target 700 meters IN MANUAL 73 Effective Range for Area Target 1500 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 60 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 40 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 250 gigajoules When the Corps began development of a new phaser rifle in 2350, it tasked the designers to create both a carbine and an assault rifle version utilizing as many of the same components as possible. This program would produce the R910. To save mass the R910 would have lower efficiency components & therefore lower power outputs To com-pensate for the lower power, the carbine would have a larger selection of power settings & its emitter would have the precise tooling needed to modify the beam on the fly. R944 Phaser Rifle Classification Assault Rifle Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Pulse Weight 2.5 kilograms Length 100 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 4600 meters Effective Range for Point Target 700 meters Effective Range for Area Target 1000 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 500 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 100 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 177 gigajoules The R944 became the standard shoulder weapon for the SFMC immediately before the Dominion War. After the extensive planetary engagements of the Cardassian Wars, the SFMC decided that the single Marine needed more firepower than a semiautomatic rifle could provide. The R944 would be modeled after the up-graded Type 3 fleet phase rifle, but the marine version would have a rapid fire capability. R969 Phaser Rifle Classification Anti-Material Rifle Type Directed Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Beam Weight 12.2 kilograms Length 141 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 7100 meters Effective Range for Point Target 2200 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2800 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 60 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 24 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 559 gigajoules The R969 one of the oldest designs used by the SFMC. It entered service as a directed energy weapon used in the machine gun role. The bulky design is man portable – barely. It has found a few useful roles. It has been used as a long-range standoff weapon capable of engaging any target short of armored combat vehi-cles. It has also been used as a counter sniper role, it can hit targets who would otherwise be protected from counter fire. However, its most interesting use is by scout/sniper teams that needed weapon that was still man portable, but could engage motorized & aerial targets with stealth & precision. IN MANUAL 74 R979 Phaser Rifle Classification Anti-Armor Rifle Type Directed Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Beam Weight 17.2 kilograms Length 178 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 3000 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1700 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2500 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 30 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 18 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 678 gigajoules (magazine) 3.38 terajoules (battery pack) In designing the R979, the SFMC wanted a man portable phaser rifle that could engage in Anti-Armor opera-tions. This rifle pushes the limits of that classification. While the weapon is man portable, the R979 it lacks mobility and endurance. When used at maximum range and output the magazine will be drained after a single shot. The only solution was to make the R979 cable of also accepting a large portable battery pack. To keep it considered man-portable instead of crew-served, the battery is carried by a second marine. This battery pack, while increasing the weapons rate of fire, is ungainly in most situations, and often completely impracti-cal in mobile operations. R985 Phaser Rifle Classification Light Machine Gun Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Beam Weight 11 kilograms Length 123 cm Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 5200 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1300 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2200 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 12 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 6 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 2.2 terajoules The R985 is classified as a Light Machine Gun, but since it uses beam phaser technology the term heavy phaser rifle is a more accurate. It borrows from the R599 to maintain commonality of parts & reduce invento-ry of needed spares by SFMC Armorers. It was intended to serve as a fire support weapon for infantry squads, engaging the enemy with sweeping fire instead of with large volumes of rapid fire. The gunner would direct a continuous 2-3 second beam over an area to either graze enemy troops or to force them to seek cover. When engaging a point target, like an ar-mored vehicle, the beam would be focused on a single point in an attempt to piece the armor. IN MANUAL 75 R989 Phaser Rifle Classification Anti-Personnel Rifle Type Energy Weapon Action Selectable Caliber Pulse Weight 4.7 kilograms Length 112 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 3000 meters Effective Range for Point Target 2300 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2700 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 60 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 24 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 224 gigajoules The R989 is designed as a long-range energy weapon for use against enemy personnel while keeping its user safe from counter-sniper fire. To accomplish this last function the phaser beam is emitted on a carrier signal measured in picometers rather than nanometers, meaning that the beam produces no visible light like other types of energy weapons. Due to this unusual carrier signal its power cell can only produce 25 shots before needing to be changed, even though it can store slightly more power than a standard R944 power cell. However, each pulse will produce a 20-millimeter hole out to a range of 3 kilometers. 4.13.3.3 Crew-Served Heavy Phasers R540 Heavy Phaser Classification Heavy Machine Gun Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Selectable Weight Weapon 38 kilograms Tripod 18 kilograms Battery Pack 12 kilograms Length 163 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 3100 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1800 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2500 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 850 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 600 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 11.2 terajoules The R540 is a crew served support weapon that first came into service at the beginning of the Cardassian Wars. The R540 is a fully automatic compression phaser that uses large volumes of fire to engage infantry formations and lightly armored vehicles. The R540 breakdown into three pieces: the weapon, the tripod & the sarium kellide power cell. IN MANUAL 76 R814 Heavy Phaser Classification Machine Cannon Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Selectable Weight 56 kilograms Length 215 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 4300 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1100 meters Effective Range for Area Target 3100 meters Maximum Rate of Fire Beam 12 rounds/minute Pulse 850 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire Beam 6 rounds/minute Pulse 600 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 34.3 terajoules R814 was designed to be a crew-served heavy phaser, but was rarely used in this role as other weapons of similar design also existed. It would find another use as a vehicle mounted weapon. Light armored vehicles such as jeeps & hummers needed a weapon in the automatic assault gun class, but most vehicles that size could not mount heavier weapons and lacked the ammo storage for projectile weapons. The R814 would fill this role nicely as it was the right size for these smaller vehicles and it the vehicle was damage and the phas-er was still functional, the weapon could be dismounted and used as a crew-served weapon provided the ma-rines brought the folding tripod with them. R977 Heavy Phaser Classification Automatic Assault Gun Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Beam Weight Weapon 37 kilograms Tripod 20 kilograms Length 156 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 3600 meters Effective Range for Point Target 1300 meters Effective Range for Area Target 2000 meters Maximum Rate of Fire 30 rounds/minute Effective Rate of Fire 10 rounds/minute Standard Magazine Capacity 5.8 terrajoules The R977 serves as an anti-vehicular weapon system, capable of punching through the armored protection of all but the heaviest combat vehicles. While its rate of fire is slow, its ability to eliminate a threat with a single round more than counterbalances that deficit. IN MANUAL 77 4.13.3.4 Recoilless Energy Weapons R949 Light Isomagnetic Disintegrator (LID) Classification Assault Weapon Type Energy Weapon Action 2 settings Caliber Pulse Weight 2.5 kilograms Length Closed 67 centimeters Extended 100 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 1 kilometer Effective Range for Stationary Target 300 meters Effective Range for Moving Target 250 meters The R949 is a shoulder-fired, man-portable support weapon derived from the R973 Isomagnetic Disintegrator. The LID is made lighter and more maneuverable by removing the control unit and accelerator tube and focus-ing on the individual power cells used with the weapon. This weapon is capable of taking out armored vehi-cles with more than one shot. R973 Isomagnetic Disintegrator Classification Light Recoilless Rifle Type Energy Weapon Action Combat Caliber Pulse Weight Control Unit 1.6 kilograms Power Cell 2.3 kilograms Length Control Unit 61 centimeters Power Cell 67 centimeters Muzzle Velocity None Maximum Range 1.5 kilometers Effective Range for Point Target 650 meters Effective Range for Area Target 800 meters The Isomagnetic Disintegrator uses a high energy plasma bolt to inflict considerable damage to the molecular integrity of its target. The R973 is designed with removable power cells since the highest discharge setting of the weapon is capable of completely draining the cell with a single shot. The appearance of the R973 is there-fore remarkably like the R143 Recoilless Rifle, with a control unit/emitter that accepts the power cell in the rear of the assembly. This weapon can be used to take out an armored vehicle.